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> Wasn't this the subject of millions of dollars of litigation between Oracle and Google? That was a very different case. That case was about whether an API/in
by CuriousCosmic 4y ago
> Wasn't this the subject of millions of dollars of litigation between Oracle and Google?
That was a very different case. That case was about whether an API/interface was considered copyrightable. The outcome of the case was that the implementation was obviously copyrightable however the interface was not. The background being google creating their own custom implementation of the JVM.
- int_19h 4y agoThe outcome (SCOTUS decision) did not decide whether the interface was copyrightable or not. It decided that if the interface were copyrightable, it'd be fair use anyway, so there's no need to bother resolving that question.